Haufinyane tjena, ha tlhoko ea 'maraka ea tšepe e ntse e eketseha, bahlahisi ba bararo ba ka sehloohong ba tšepe ba Japane ba 'nile ba eketsa litebello tsa bona tsa phaello e setseng bakeng sa selemo sa lichelete sa 2021-2022 (ho tloha ka Mmesa 2021 ho isa Hlakubele 2022).
Likhamphani tse tharo tse khōlō tsa tšepe tsa Japane, Nippon Steel, JFE Steel le Kobe Steel, li sa tsoa phatlalatsa lipalo-palo tsa tsona tsa ts'ebetso bakeng sa halofo ea pele ea selemo sa lichelete sa 2021-2022 (Mmesa 2021-Loetse 2021). Lipalo-palo li bontša hore ka mor'a hore seoa se secha sa pneumonia se be se tsitsitseng tlas'a taolo, moruo o tsoetse pele ho hlaphoheloa, 'me tlhoko ea tšepe likoloing le liindastering tse ling tsa tlhahiso e boetse e eketsehile. Ho phaella moo, theko ea tšepe e susumelitsoe ke keketseho ea litheko tsa thepa e tala e kang mashala le tšepe. Hape e ile ea nyoloha ka ho lekana. Ka lebaka leo, bahlahisi ba bararo ba ka sehloohong ba tšepe ba Japane kaofela ba tla fetola tahlehelo hore e be phaello karolong ea pele ea selemo sa lichelete sa 2021-2022.
Ho phaella moo, kaha tlhoko ea 'maraka oa tšepe e tla tsoela pele ho nyoloha, lik'hamphani tse tharo tsa tšepe kaofela li phahamisitse likhakanyo tsa tsona tsa phaello bakeng sa selemo sa lichelete sa 2021-2022. Nippon Steel e phahamisitse phaello ea eona ho tloha ho li-yen tse limilione tse likete tse 370 tse neng li lebelletsoe pele ho isa ho li-yen tse limilione tse likete tse 520, JFE Steel e phahamisitse phaello ea eona ho tloha ho li-yen tse limilione tse likete tse 240 tse neng li lebelletsoe ho isa ho li-yen tse limilione tse likete tse 250, 'me Kobe Steel e phahamisitse phaello ea eona ho tsoa ho tse neng li lebelletsoe. Li-yen tse limilione tse likete tse 40 tsa Japane li phahamisitsoe ho li-yen tse limilione tse likete tse 50.
Masashi Terahata, motlatsi oa mopresidente oa JFE Steel, o itse kopanong ea boralitaba ea inthanete haufinyane: “Ka lebaka la khaello ea li-semiconductor le mabaka a mang, mesebetsi ea tlhahiso le ts'ebetso ea k'hamphani e angoa ka nakoana. Leha ho le joalo, ka ho hlaphoheloa ha moruo oa lehae le oa kantle ho naha, ho lebelletsoe hore tlhoko ea 'maraka ea tšepe e tla tsoela pele. E nyoloha butle-butle.